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Hotels & licensing, 1937

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S.P. "Driven Underground" M.L.A. Places Bets Easily in Queensland "Shops To Be Licensed If Govt. Changes"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 September 1937 · page 5

LICENSED betting shops similar to those in operation in South Australia will be introduced in Queensland if there is a change of Government. This was the assurance brought back from Queensland…

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After Hours Drinking Licensees Of Big Hotels and People On Premises Fined

Truth · Sunday 26 September 1937 · page 28

THE second batch of hotel cases following the police raids of August 10, were disposed of by the Metropolitan Licensing Court during the week, when licensees of big hotels and others found on the premises were fined…

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Went to Brisbane Together Hartman's Evidence Were Introduced At Hotel As Mr. and Mrs. (From Page 24.)

Truth · Sunday 26 September 1937 · page 25

A SENSATION was created with the appearance of Arnie Hartman in the witness box in the Munro case. He referred to the raid when he was found in Mrs. Munro's bedroom. He had been drinking. The incident was hazy to him, but he remem-…

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­­Lounges to Replace Hotel Bars New Modes in Drinking

The Sun · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY and country hotelkeepers have decided to eliminate drinking at bars. They will substitute lounges and…

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To-day's Controversy Should Hours of Hotels Be Extended? Only War Measure

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 4

Sir,--It is unfortunate that the question of the extension of hours for the opening of hotels should be mixed up with with these Anniversary ceedings, as the justice of the claim…

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Combating the Beer Drought Wins Bold Gamble on Beer Strike Publican's Foresight Rewarded; A.W.U. Rebuffs Strikers Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 7

A FAR-SEEING Brisbane publican has made a small fortune by gambling on the duration of the brewery strike. When the dispute began he stored all his local beer in the…

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New Northern Hotel. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 9

The new two-storey brick hotel which replaces the Surfers' Paradise Hotel on the Pacific Highway, between the border and Southport, was officially opened by the Mayor…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 8

The following applications for the transfer of hotel publicans' licences were granted by Mr. Laidlaw, C.L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday…

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Publican Did Not Observe Award Other Employers Fined for Breaches

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 6

Reuben Gardiner, trading as the "Plaza Hotel." George Street. Sydney, was fined £8 by the chief Industrial Magistrate. Mr. Prior, yesterday for not paying the award…

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Raids on Hotels at Seaside 44 Persons Fined For Liquor Act Breaches Ten Women

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 6

RECENT police raids on well- known hotels at Bondi, Coogee, and Watson's Bay resulted in 44 persons, including 10 women, being fined…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Leases of Hotels. Alternative Offers by Companies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1937 · page 9

Offers made by Tooth and Co., Ltd., and Toohey's, Ltd., for further leases of two suburban hotels of which they are the respective lessees and by the Richmond Brewing…

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Tooheys Limited. Improvement of Hotel Properties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 13

Al the annual meeting of Tooheys, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman (Sir Mark; Sheldon) said that the company had shared in the increased prosperity of the public and of…

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Menzies Hotel Prospects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 13

At the annual meeting of Menzies Hotel, Ltd., in Melbourne, yestetday, the chairman (Mr. J. Turnbull) said that profits earned to date this year had been larger than usual,…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 7

The following applications tor the transfer of hotel publicans' licences were granted by Mr. Laidlaw, C.L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:—…

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Large Expenditure On Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 33

Considerable development had taken place with the company's properties, and large sums were being spent on improvement to hotels, said sir Mark Sheldon, chairman of Tooheys…

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Menzies' Hotel Prospects Good

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 34

"Remodelling of the old building was placed in the hands of the contractors last May, and the third and fourth floors have already been completed," said the chairman (Mr. J…

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U.S. Hotel Cabarets Dazzle Sydney Man

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 October 1937 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Friday.--The amazing splendor and elaborate cabarets of American hotels impressed Mr. G. Foster, ex-senator, who is returning to Sydney…

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Beach Hotels Raided Many Are Fined Following Lounge Round-Up

Truth · Sunday 3 October 1937 · page 34

SURPRISE visits were paid by police to leading hotels at the marine resorts with dire consequences to numbers of persons found on the premises without lawful excuse…

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Stole Beer Keg From City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 7

Two thieves stole a nine-gallon keg of beer from the King's Head Hotel, Elizabeth Street, City, on Saturday, while a crowd watched…

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Threat to Shoot by Burglar in Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 7

AWAKENED by a scream from his wife early this morning, Sydney Fox, licensee of the Star Hotel,…

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